What is this????

[FrostyBeer]

Was curious as to what this is? It's made by Honeywell, mounted about 1' off the floor in a finished basement. Also when I turned the dial, an alarm, about 6" from the ceiling above it went off..loud.
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[refertecbd]

Could it be a baseboard heat tstat?

[mark beiser]

It's a social experiment to if you could resist fiddling with the dial on the curious looking red box on the wall. :p

[gravity]

lol..if its 1' off the ground with an alarm, i can only think is some sort of water level sensor??

[Infernoford]

Looks like an alarm for high ambient. What was the scale of the numbers on the dial?
I have seen them in older communication vaults. Never heard of one in a home, but then again, I don't do residential.

[rich pickering]

We call them farmstats up here. Heavy duty thermostat, good for dirt and dusty conditions. Sounds like they are using it as a low temp alarm.

[Maineiac]

It is a 120/240 vac T Stat used in like warehouses , mechanic shops ect

[FrostyBeer]

I think the numbers on the dial were like normal t stats but didn't get a good look. As soon as that alarm sounded I jumped a foot and almost ruined my draws lol. It didn't shut off right away either when I turned the dial back.

[FrostyBeer]

It's a social experiment to if you could resist fiddling with the dial on the curious looking red box on the wall. :p

Haha I just couldn't resist! That'd be a funny thing to set-up at the shop. Something no ones seen before hooked to an alarm with a "don't touch" sign or wherever.

[Flashg21230]

My guess would be a flood sensor or freeze sensor,but the alarm would do no good if your not home.unless it sends the alarm to an off site location in the event your not there to here it

[pctech]

its an older model low temp alarm to alert the home owner if the furance goes out and some systems had a remote noteafier via phone ect for offsite monatoring


Was curious as to what this is? It's made by Honeywell, mounted about 1' off the floor in a finished basement. Also when I turned the dial, an alarm, about 6" from the ceiling above it went off..loud.
257101

[Baycienda]

Its a heat only farm stat. They use them in farrowing houses and barns and such. I think Honeywell still makes them.

[Baycienda]

Farm-o-stat T631A1006

[Glennhvac]

its an older model low temp alarm to alert the home owner if the furance goes out and some systems had a remote noteafier via phone ect for offsite monatoring

Sounds a bit more high tech than those Winter Watchmen that turned on a lamp.

[pctech]

or the one webber oil service used to offer that called you then the service company if any of the preset valules ie hot cold ect were met.
was marketed for vaction homes for the crowd that goes to florida for the winter


Sounds a bit more high tech than those Winter Watchmen that turned on a lamp.